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Latest news citing our data on violent conflict in the Bangsamoro from local and international media outlets.
Violent conflicts in BARMM continue downtrend, but flashpoints remain —report
25 January 2021 GMA News Nicole Anne Lagrimas
Violence in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) declined for the third straight year in 2019, but clan feuds and land-related conflicts threaten to slow the transition to peace, a peacebuilding organization said Monday.
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Read MoreFeuds, land-related conflicts hamper Bangsamoro’s transition to peace
25 January 2021 Manila Bulletin Zea Capistrano
The latest comprehensive report of Conflict Alert showed that an increasing number of clan feuding and land related conflicts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is threatening the region’s momentum to achieving peace.
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Read MoreViolent incidents in Bangsamoro continue to decline, but land ownership sparks new tensions
25 January 2021 Business World Marifi S. Jara
VIOLENT incidents in the Bangsamoro continued to decline in 2019, the first year of the transition period under the new regional government, according to International Alert Philippines’ latest conflict report released Monday.
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Read MoreLoose firearms: Linchpin for gun-related violence
21 January 2021 Business Mirror Alladin S. Diega
Shooting incidents in BARMM stood out as the most common of reports transmitted to the CEMS as they tallied 424 cases for 2020 (or one case a day) even as figures have yet to include December.
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Read MoreShine more light on gender-based violence in remote areas
05 January 2021 Inquirer [Opinion] International Alert
Based on International Alert Philippines’ subnational monitoring system Conflict Alert, more gender-related issues occurred in these capital cities from 2011 to 2019 than in all ARMM provinces combined.
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Read MoreDemocracy’s U-turn in the Bangsamoro
03 January 2021 Inquirer [Opinion] Francisco Lara, Jr.
In the face of a pandemic and a spike in violence in the second half of 2020, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front-led Bangsamoro Transitional Authority is making a bid for no-el (no elections) and extended rule, claiming an inability to accomplish what they were tasked to do, in the time frame they agreed to, with the larger resources given to them, and with the threat that if their demands were not met, the region would likely slide back into war.
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Read MoreLand conflict leads to MILF infighting; 1 dead, 4 wounded
15 October 2020 Inquirer Edwin Fernandez and Julie Alipala
A land ownership dispute in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao province, fueled a six-hour clash among members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding four others, according to the military and local officials.
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Read MoreSoutheast Asian Analysts: IS Steps Up Recruitment in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
23 September 2020 Benar News Noah Lee, Tia Asmara, Ronna Nirmala, Mark Navales and Shailaja Neelakantan
The Islamic State extremist group is stepping up recruitment in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia as well as the Philippines, amid the distraction of a global pandemic, security analysts in these countries told BenarNews.
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Read MoreMindanaoans getting on with the job despite COVID-19
17 September 2020 Philippine Star Steven J. Robinson
No matter where you are in the Philippines – or the world, for that matter – the impacts of COVID-19 have spread far beyond the illness itself. Lockdown has seen every community struggle with economic, logistical and mental health impacts. In places already suffering from conflict, the effects have been even greater.
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Read MoreViolence intensifies over Bangsamoro land
01 July 2020 Tribune Erwin Mascarinas
Intensifying incidences of violence due to land ownership disputes in the Bangsamoro region have been captured by a non-government organization’s (NGO) reporting system in the recent months amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Read MoreGroup reports conflict over land, ethnicity, religion in Bangsamoro
26 June 2020 Business Mirror Jonathan Mayuga
Peace-building nongovernment organization (NGO) International Alert Philippines (IAP) has expressed alarm over what it described as “raging conflicts” over land and natural resources in the Bangsamoro amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the last two months.
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Read MorePhilippine Forces Kill 4 Abu Sayyaf Suspects in Raid Near Manila
26 June 2020 Benar News Luis Liwanag and Jeoffrey Maitem
International Alert, a London-based NGO that advocates for conflict resolution, said the anti-terror law would only result in wrongful arrests and fuel more violence in Mindanao, the largest of the islands in the Philippine south.
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Read MoreViolence over land intesifies in Mindanao's Moro region
25 June 2020 Licas Erwin Mascarinas
The non-government group International Alert reported that the Bangsamoro region in Mindanao is facing an intensification of violence over land despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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Read MorePeacebuilding org supports registration of online businesses to help entrepreneurs in informal economy, protect consumers
17 June 2020 Business World (also published in print) Marifi Jara
International Alert Philippines backs the government’s campaign to register online businesses, saying this is an opportunity to extend a more inclusive assistance program to entrepreneurs in the informal economy as well as a means of protecting consumers.
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Read MoreRamadan in lockdown: the habits we break, the values we relearn
25 May 2020 Business World Nina Bahjin Imlan
Muslim Filipinos certainly met this year’s Ramadan with exuberance, but the lockdowns brought new concerns especially to those who are economically disenfranchised to begin with.
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Read More[OPINION] Ramadan on lockdown: The habits we break, the values we relearn
24 May 2020 Rappler Nina Bahjin Imlan
For a fasting person [under quarantine], it was a different level of hardship altogether'
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Read MoreIS-linked groups monitored in Marawi
30 April 2020 Philippine Star Jaime Laude
Terror groups with links to the Islamic State (IS) have been sighted in Marawi City and nearby areas, according to a non-government conflict monitoring group.
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Read MoreInternational Monitoring Group, naglabas ng conflict alert sa gitna ng COVID-19 pandemic
29 April 2020 RMN News RMN News
In the Special Critical Events Monitoring System Bulletin, from February 17 to April 2020, International Alert Philippines monitored incidents of violent extremism during the pandemic.
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Read MoreReports: Indonesian, Philippine Militants Bolster Ranks, Launch Attacks During Pandemic
29 April 2020 Benar News Ronna Nirmala, Keisyah Aprilia and Jeoffrey Maitem, Jakarta and Palu, Indonesia, and Cotabato, Philippines
Islamic State-linked groups in Indonesia and the Philippines have taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic by launching attacks or conducting recruitment drives, a think-tank and a conflict-monitoring group said in separate reports this week.
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Read More[OPINION] The pandemic's forgotten faces: The plight of Muslims, women, and other minorities
24 April 2020 Rappler Nina Bahjin Imlan
Plans and programs to address this pandemic should be evidence-based and sensitive to culture, conflict, and context'
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